E-Cell and Startup Cell

The Entrepreneurship Initiative Cell

E-Cell Yukta is a cell run by the students of MKSSS’s Cummins College of Engineering, Pune and supported by Wadhwani foundation National entrepreneurship network. We are dedicated to building entrepreneurial vision and instinct in women engineers. We create awareness among the students about Entrepreneurship through various activities and programs like podcasts, E-summits, speaker sessions, workshops, competitions and many other such events. We support and encourage all the budding and upcoming Entrepreneurs by providing them with the necessary guidance and resources like mentors, consultancy, funds and networking with elite and renowned CEOs.

Various other activities were conducted at the institutional level, including the E leader workshop, business model workshop, sessions such as DSI (dream, stimulate, inspire). Every year, during our Technical Fest, we organize events like Business Idea Competition along with cash prizes and mentoring under esteemed judges and founders who provide assistance as well as funds to the selected few of their business ideas and startups.

Core Team-

Mr Makarand Velankar: Faculty Advisor
Meghana Mohanty: CEO
Kalyani Gargate : Deputy CEO
Indraja Patil: Head of Program and Events
Anuja Sardesai : Head of Operations
Sai Athale: Head of Finance Team
Jasmine Joshi: Head of Marketing Team
Shruti Gawas: Head of Content Team

Startup and Innovation Cell

A Start-up & Innovation Cell, is supported by the Incubation Centre of Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU). The cell includes alumni entrepreneurs and industry experts to provide useful inputs to budding entrepreneurs. To promote innovation and self-reliance among our students through startup initiatives, we have developed a conducive environment with various initiatives. We conducts various activities including a business idea competition every year with cash prizes of a total of Rs. 10000 are awarded to the winners. Student entrepreneur bagged many awards at various competitions. Various talks and workshops are conducted to promote innovation and entrepreneurial skills among the students.

These initiatives with planting the seeds of innovation and startup among students will fetch further rewards in the coming years with more women startups with employment generation for the nation.

Team Members involved:

Staff Members:
Head : Dr. Makarand Velankar
Faculty co-ordinator: Dr. Seema Rajput

Staff team members:

  1. Malini Bapat
  2. Swati Madhe
  3. Anjali Naik
  4. Sunita Jahirabadkar
  5. Partima Kulkarni
  6. Mrudul Dixit

Student Team:
Chairman – Anjali Tiwary
Vice Chairman – Riya Sathe

Position  Executive Team Design Team Documentation Team
Team Lead Srushti Sonawane Yashita Killedar Sajadaa Shah
Member 1 Shreya Somwanshi Priya Waykos Vedika Kamane
Member 2 Jayeti Patil Diya Chougule Aditi Ganpatil
Entrepro Pre-Incubation Center (EPIC)

EPIC, the Pre-Incubation Center provides necessary support to budding entrepreneurs and startups. The mentoring support is provided from Idea to starting a business venture. The center has a pool of experts in different domains and helps the entrepreneurs to build sustainable and scalable startups.

Offerings: 

  • Exposure to Entrepreneurship, Intrapreneurship, and the startup world.
  • Training, Guidance, and personalized Mentoring from Domain Experts.
  • Assistance from idea to MVP validation and Pitch deck.
  • Make you ready for launching a venture in the market.
  • Developing Strategies for Branding, Marketing, and IP.
  • Networking Opportunities.

Benefits: 

  • Working on a startup idea provides a lifelong learning experience
  • Develop confidence and never give up attitude
  • Empowerment and independence with desired skills and knowledge

Contact for more info: 

Makarand Velankar.

Head, Entrepro Pre-Incubation Center (EPIC)

email: epic@cumminscollege.in